Top 13 Best Romance Novels Of All Time That Will Blow You Away

This is the art of Paul Jacques Bonzon and one of my favourite books since I was a kid.

Beautiful story about a poor boy who is helping a poor girl to find her real parents wandering through the four cities in Andalusia’s part of Spain.

They’re getting into many adventures and soon he falls in love with her in a way that he would risk his life for her.

2. Onze minutos - Paolo Koelho

The great novel of Paolo Koelho, is a story about a young woman who believed in love, and suddenly she lost it along the way of her exciting life.

Same that girl is becoming a prostitute and losing faith thinking that it’s impossible for her to find real love.

Her life suddenly changes in an unexpected way and unbelievably, takes her to a happy ending.

“When we meet someone and fall in love, we think that the whole universe is on our side, but if something goes unexpectedly, nothing is important”, says a young woman in her diary at the end of the story.

The end is getting us questioned: Are we the ones that are writing our own happy end?

3. Travesuras de la niña mala - Maria Vargas Llosa

This is the work of Maria Vargas Llosa and for me it's like a L'Éventail de Séville, but written for adults.

These two books are similar in the way love is portrayed.

A young man falls in love with a girl - a girl who can value that love feelings.

In addition to being aware of the fact that she doesn't love him the way he wants her to and how he deserves it, he still loves her because love exists in itself.

She does not seek to be reciprocated.

Throughout the book, she leaves him and comes back to him many times, and he waits for her with his arms wide opened every time.

4. Gone with the wind - Margaret Mitchell

This is one of the best-selling romance novels of all time, made in 1936. The plot takes place during the American Civil War.

Specifically, the headstrong and energetic beautiful girl Scarlett O'Hara witnesses her bright future disappearing forever.

However, this does not prevent her from struggling to save her land and inheritance (Tara) and vigorously fight whatever comes her way.

Still, she is in the triangle of love and is torn apart by the impossible love for two men.

One is a weak one who does not do well in life, and the other an irresistibly powerful and charming tycoon.

5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

The novel, consisting of two parts, was published in 1873. On the one hand, it is a psychological romantic novel about a tragic love story and the sins of the same.

On the other hand, this novel attempts to approximate the current state of affairs in the Russian society at those times.

Tolstoy begins this novel with one of the most frequently quoted sentences: “All happy families look alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in their own way. "

The story is followed by the beautiful Anna, everywhere worshiped and from a rich family, but with a sense of emptiness in life.

Suddenly, life confronts her with new challenges, and she begins a romance with Officer Vronsky.

Their unaccepted relationship was a major distraction at these times, causing the whole situation to collapse.

6. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks

The work of Nicholas Sparks, whose story takes place after World War II in North Carolina.

Noah, after returning from the war, struggles to forget Ali, his love from a young age. In addition, she is the one who keeps thinking about Noah for years and puts all her hopes in their love.

This is one of the best romantic novels of all time that represents the embodiment of timeless love, which is unconditionally strong and manages to cope with all temptations.

7. The Thorn Birds - Colleen McColough

An exciting and poignant saga that follows the lives of the generations of the Clary’s family and reveals all their hidden secrets.

In addition, it speaks about the charms of forbidden love that constantly delights readers.

The story is most focused on the daughter Maggie Clary, who becomes involved with an aspiring priest, Ralph de Bricasar.

This, by the Guardian’s opinion, the "Australian version of Gone with the wind."

The book will delight you with the way outstanding people are presented, their struggles, their dedication and the pride of living freely.

8. The History of Love - Nicole Krauss

A love novel about a history of love that lasts for half a century, connects the two continents and survives for its strength.

Leo Gurski, a charming little boy, living from today to tomorrow, trying to get someone to notice him on the streets of New York.

On the other hand, girl Alma, with the aim of helping her mother and delivering her from a depressed state, begins to search for the writer.

With this book, great romantic love, parental love, friendly and everyday love are presented and presented in some special way.

9. The End of The Affair - Graham Greene

A story of love and hate, of faithfulness and deceit, of a love triangle in war London.

On the one hand, there is Morris Bendricks who struggles with jealousy because he knows he loves a woman he will never have.

Henry Miles, on the other hand, fights as a deceived husband only with himself, because he feels no physical desire for his wife. 

Sara fights between a husband who is just her friend, and a man she loves, but will never become her husband.

10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The novel that has the same name movie and whose main roles are interpreted by Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson.

The story is followed by a story of love and fortitude, with two sisters of a completely different temperament and nature, Marianne and Eleonor, in the spotlight.

One, all proud of her wealth and strength of feeling, she resents her sister for being too tight and restrained.

In order to find their own happiness, their love experiences teach them that intellect must be mixed with feelings and that money, in addition, plays an important role in life.

11. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

The novel, published in 1848 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, is also the only novel by English writer Emily Bronte.

The novel is accompanied by fatal love and terrible revenge. A tragic love story involving two families representing two opposite worlds of destructive passions.

Catherine and Heathcliff, characterized by tremendous strength of character, fascinate readers around the world every day.

"If all else died and he remained, I would still exist; and if everything else stays and he was destroyed, the universe would turn into a huge alien, it would seem to me that I am not part of it."

12. Persuasion - Jane Austen

In this novel, Jane Austen used the story to explore emotional confusion and represent social pretensions in a somewhat satirical way.

The plot follows a romantic relationship between Anne Elliot and Navy soldier Frederick Wentworth.

Following a previous engagement that was broken, Frederick returns as a wealthy captain in the Navy, with Anne's family on the verge of collapse.

After all, they still love each other, however, mistakes from the past could separate them forever.

13. The Art Of Loving - Erich Fromm

This book, according to the author, will try to disappoint anyone who expects it to have ready-made instructions on the art of love.

On the contrary, it seeks to show readers that love is not a feeling that anyone can simply indulge in.

It seeks to reassure readers that all his endeavors around love will surely fail if he does not develop his entire personality to achieve a productive orientation.

The author leads us to think about how very few true loves actually are, and to think about how many truly in love people do we know around us.

Conclusion

Whether you are a person who believes in love, or you are more of a realist, whether you are happy or sad, no matter what, these best novels of all time will hold your attention until the end of reading.

It may even make you believe in love a little more than you already do. Because, love in a human heart can never be too big!

It is likely that you will never have this much time again, so take advantage of this time and read all those books that you have not had the time for.

Dress warmly, sneak in bed and enjoy reading. Better days are coming soon.